Kearsarge Fire Department

Analysis

Kearsarge Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Erie, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Kearsarge Fire Department reported income of $351k and spending of $339k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $353k to $351k (-0.6%), an average of -0.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Kearsarge Fire Department sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Town of Binghamton Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($351k), Hope Fire Engine & Hose Co No 1 ($352k) and Oakdale Area Fire Association ($351k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. It paid $8,317 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $347k, net assets of $1.9m.